For someone who suffers from terrible seasickness (and many other forms of motion sickness) I spend a lot of time researching boats. But in The Lady's Pirate, those boats are needed!
Part of my story involves boats, specifically how many people can fit in a Portuguese fishing boat? There's a formula. Number of people = vessel length (ft.) x vessel width (ft.) ÷ 15. Why 15? No idea, but that's the official formula.
When we were in Portugal, we visited the Maritime Museum and it was fascinating. I know, it doesn't sound it, but it really was amazing. Below are 2 photos I took in the museum of types of ships I use, the caique and the barca de pesca.
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